[TheThinkTank] Fancy Parts

[Peter Morsch]

Our collective is currently swamped with old cruisers, that may well be
worth a ton of dough. I've just been telling collectors to quote us a fair
price (especially after we explain our program) and drop some cash in the
donation jar.

We do save some functional parts and mark them up to bring in some cash, but
we never, ever haggle.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Rich Points <rich at richpoints.com> wrote:

>  Yes sell the stuff!  And sell it at market value.  Use the money to make
> your shop better.
>
> Rich
> Community Cycles
>
> james blesdoe wrote:
>
> HECK NO!!!
>
> You sell them as you see fit.  Nonprofit means you can't enrich your self,
> but your organization is supposed to make a profit   In this economy that is
> becoming easier all the time -at least at the Bicycle Kitchen  that is the
> case.
>
> roll on
>
> Jim
>
> *Erik Stockmeier <estockme at gmail.com> <estockme at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> Question!
>
> What the heck does everybody's shop do with fancy items of special worth to
> collectors?  For example... perhaps you come upon a donation of half a dozen
> 70s unused campi sidepull break sets.  Your stock of breaks is full, so
> throwing them in the bin or selling them for 5$ or shlepping them on a
> Roadmaster seems like a waste.  Is it ethically ok for a non-profit to
> occasionally indulge collectors as a source of surplus income?  What about
> legally for a 501c3?  Is it necessary to launder them through a "buyer" who
> sells them at profit and donates the difference?
>
> Erik
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Pete Rasmus Morsch
701.866.0962

Collective Member,
Fargo-Moorhead Community Bicycle Workshop www.fmbikeworkshop.org

There is no happiness if the things we believe in are different than the
things we do.
-- Albert Camus, Philosopher, Writer
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